Osmotrophy

Osmotrophy

Osmotrophy is the uptake of dissolved organic compounds by osmosis for nutrition. Organisms that use osmotrophy are osmotrophs. Some mixotrophic microorganisms use osmotrophy to derive energy.

References

  1. Osmotrophy. Glossary of Fishery, Oceanographic, Phylogenetic and other Biological Terms. Retrieved on October 11., 2005.

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